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Cureus
November 2024
Orthopedic Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Toe walking is described by the incapacity to achieve heel strike during the stance phase of the gait cycle. When a child presents with toe walking beyond three years of age, a thorough evaluation is crucial. We report a case of a seven-year-old female presented with painless toe walking that started two years prior to presentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed J Malaysia
November 2024
Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Introduction: Prior to any surgical intervention, obtaining informed consent is necessary. In situations where patients are unable to provide informed consent due to mental incapacity or reduced consciousness, the responsibility falls on surrogate decision-makers, typically family members. This predicament commonly arises during neurosurgical emergencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNaunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
November 2024
Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Brain Sci
November 2024
School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Elder abuse, and more specifically financial exploitation, is expected to be a major problem in modern societies as the worldwide population is getting older. Neuropsychological protocols regarding financial capacity assessment are the only available window allowing us to view the cognitive-emotional-behavioral strengths/deficits and vulnerabilities of individuals. Given the paucity of relevant research in Greece in the most vulnerable individuals such as older adults suffering from neurocognitive disorders (NCDs), this systematic review attempts to investigate whether NCDs impair financial capacity and to highlight the most important factors that can predict financial incapacity in Greek older patients and the likelihood of financial abuse.
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January 2025
Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, España. Electronic address:
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